posted 08-08-2021 05:45 PM                  

I installed the Zoncar lights. They look great. I have not even used them yet. Just tested them in the garage.

Your post has me scared shitless. I'm pulling the LED's and putting halogens back in. I'm not chancing anything.

If anyone is more gutsy than I am, I bought 8 packages of these. 4 are still in the plastic, never opened. I'd throw in the other 4 for free since they were installed, but never used.

posted 08-09-2021 05:18 PM                  

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Originally posted by ed monahan:
Thanks for the feedback Prowlen. I need to re-asses the situation, I guess.

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Ed,

What was the outcome of your assessment?

Thanks.

John

posted 09-07-2021 07:48 AM                  

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Originally posted by PROWLEN:
No! Sorry but I must disagree on the use of these ZonCar 9005/HB3 light-bulbs in the Prowler.

I had high hopes for these lamps based on the many positive reviews and believing that the technology had came a long way in the past 20 years as well.

The specs are impressive, and they look great on paper.
Advertised as compact size 1:1Halogen Replacement Kit, Plug and Play, Can-bus ready, built-in Driver, and have a 12,000 rpm "turbo cooling fan", with 15,000 LM, 42-watt output, and 6500K Xeon White light spectrum.

What's not to like? They are awesome, bright white and really give a modern updated look to the Prowler. The before and after comparison is night and day. I was loving them.

As previously mentioned, I installed these in my 2016 Ram Sport projector headlights a couple of weeks ago as well. 9005's in both low and high beams. Look great and the high beams are awesome on dark country roads. The great specs and compact size being the attractive features for the Ram, being able to fit them under the dust covers with no modifications, plug and play is great. Finally a bulb that fits.

Now I'm concerned about those as well. Like the Prowler, the Ram has sealed projector beam housings with no ventilation. But the lamps have the turbo cooling fans and should be fine?? Will maybe, I'm still monitoring them.

So, here's my experience with the Prowler after the installation last night. I installed these in the low beams only and was quite impressed with the difference and the look. Awesome I'm thinking. I do a brief check on the garage door for beam pattern and height adjustment. It appears a touch high but anxious to road test and decided to drive around the Lake. Less than 2 miles. I had idled in the driveway for about 5 minutes and stopped at the park for some quick photos, idling another 5, and back to the garage. Before calling it a night I feel the tops of the headlight housings. Wholly crap, the top painted surfaces of the housings are piping hot. Not just warm but uncomfortably hot. I pop the hood and feel around checking for temperature and heat dissipation. The black headlight covers are extremely hot above the low beam bulb locations and the covers screw heads are nearly burning hot to the touch!

I expected some heat as normal with the Prowler, but my alarm bells are going off as "not good" and uncomfortably warm for such a short test drive. Maybe they would be fine long term, but my common sense is telling me to remove these hot puppies before any damage occurs. Thinking a longer drive down the Interstate could lead to a disastrous meltdown!

I don't do much night driving so I'll leave them in a while longer and reassess them, but pretty sure they have to go, or move them over to the high beams.

Also, on the Prowler low-beams, what I thought to be aimed a little high on the garage door was actually disappointing output on the road. Only a couple of car lengths illuminated ahead with the feeling they were aimed too low. I will experiment with aiming but thought they were dialed in pretty close.

I did like the cool blue led dash lights and followed suit. Very cool look. Quite a process getting to them, but doable with some patience and finesse. The tachometer took a special bulb and the foot wells illuminating cool blue add a nice touch.

For now, as much as I love the look of these LED headlights, I would not recommend them for the Prowler.

Also, important to note ZonCar's fitment guide for the Prowler are for high beams only on Amazon's site. Same for the Ram.

Maybe some LED's with less wattage and lumens wouldn't get so hot, otherwise back to some premium halogens soon.
Prowl on!

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